The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-30

wind that prevailed Sunday scattered the
snow and the hills are now bare. 80 The
Relief Corps and Grand Army Post hold
their annual election of officers next week
- There were twenty-five couples at
G.. w. Stearns dance last Thursday even
ing. 80 Julia Colburn was taken to
Brattleboro last week. == Rev. s. A.
Parker of Bethel preached at the North
Village Sunday. == Rev George w. Os-
good and wife of Marblehead, Mass, visited
in town last week. 60 A union service
was held at the Congregational church
Thanksgiving day Rev. Mr.. Hurd of the
Baptist church preached the sermon. -
Mrs. w. II. Cushman and daughter of
Mortified were the guests of II. r. Hay
ward Friday. - Miss Hannah Folsom
is visiting in East Bethel and gainesville.
80 Sarah j. Adams teaches the win
ter term in the village district and Jes-
sic Mudgett that in district No. /. - In
formation is wanted of Ben. l.. Meader,
who was member of Company T., Second
Vermont Regiment. - The Grand Army
Post was inspected by Captain W. II. II.
Hall of Chelsea Saturday evening.
Railway rumorS resemble camp stories."
- Mrs. Ruth Rowell has gone to live
with her daughter. Mrs. Rowell is nearly
eighty-seven years of age, - Fred Hay
ward came home for his Thanksgiving din
ner. He returns to Northield this week.
Washington.
THE Chelsea Herold, local edition of the
West Randolph Herald and Neics, in re-
cent issue takes occasion to say in notice
of the probable appointment of Postmaster
general Villas to the secretaryship of the
interior; Mr.. Villas is, we believe, the
first native of Vermont who has been in the
cabinet since Jacob Collamer was post
master-general, in 1S49." This statement Is
so far from the truth as to need correction.
There have been several natives of YER
mont who have filed cabinet positions since
the date referred to, among whom we can
name, on the spur of the moment, Hon.
Columbus Delano, who was secretary of
the interior under President Grant, and
Hon. Alphonso Taft who filled the offices
of secretary of war and Encouragement
under President Hayes. In this connection
it is interesting to note the fact that Ver-
monters have been called, in a large num-
Der of instances during the past twenty-five
years, to represent this country abroad
notably the cases of George =. Marsh Il. w.
Stoughton, Levi p Morton, Alphonso Taft,
John A. Kasson and Edward j. Phelps,
- Ransom Dickey will attend school at
Goddard Seminary this winter. - John
Page has returned and will run the grist-mill.
- Miss Lucy Calef has returned from
Providence and will leave here soon to
spend the winter in Chicago - Mrs. A.
G. Day has been in town for several days
visiting relatives and friends. - The
village school commenced Monday. -
Charles McAllister leaves town for Cali
forna on the 9th of December. - Miss
Maria White of Montpelier spent Thanks
giving in town with her parents.
Williamstown.
GEoRGE MARTIN son of Denson Martin,
came home on vacation from Washington,
ID. c., last week. He reports the good health
of himself and family and seems to be pros
pering. He will return this week -
Our eX-townsman, Newell b. Walker, for
INV tNnu a. Of 1i,nar
ID. c., is in very poor health. We hear that
fears are entertained that he may not re-
cover. - Will Carpenter has given up
work as Il painter and wheelwright and
gone to work in the steam mill of Lynde &
Cheney as engineer. - George Adams
came home last week from Bellows Falls,
where he is employed in drugstore, to
spend Thanksgiving with family friends.
- The first fatal accident in work upon
the abroad here occurred last week
Wednesday afternoon, in cut near the old
Carr house " on the David Gale place. A
Frenchman from Moretown, twenty years
of age and single, began work in town that
day. While using pick on the bank a
slide was started. An alarm was given by
| the foreman and it is said if the young man
had Immediately started to the right or left
he might perhaps have saved his life but
after moments hesitancy he started for the
opposite side of the cut and was caught and
buried. 1t was six minutes before he was
| taken out and life was extinct. His name
is pronounced Boardway. He was a son OF
! nee Miss Mary Raymo, who is in the insane
asylum at Brattleboro. il. X. Lyndt
has bought the tannery of his father, and
one need not be surprised to seeit converted
ere long into a grante-wOrking establish
ment. - Miss Stella Martin. daughter
! of Denison Martin, who has been at work
! for some time past in a retreat for nervous
| invalids in Cromwell, Conn, has, with two
] II Al.
! similar retreat there. We believe they have
/ the hearty endorsement of the physician
| under whom they had been serving il
| Cromwell. - Our eX-townswoman, Mrs
Fannie Smith, now of Princeton, H.. fol
| years past great invalid, is said to be i'm
proving in health. Her scattered friend,
| will rejoice with her in the fact - Pro
fessor L. r. Ober of Waterbury opens with
a good class in vocal music here. Let every
! body who desires to attend begin at once
All such will be welcomed on Tuesday even
| ing of each week. - A lyceum was or
! ganized last week to meet once a fortnight
at the village school-house. The first meet
ing will be on Friday evening of next week
1t is hoped that everybody in town will con
slider himself invited to take part in tn,
work - Some time ago a suit wa,
brought by Topsham against Williamstowr
in the matter of the support of Mrs. Moses
| Ring. The case was taken to our county
court and decided in favor of Williams
town. Thereupon Topsham appealed to tn,
supreme court, which has lately considered
il and confirmed the decision of the lowel
court. If we recollect Alright it was said a
the time there We're one or two fine law
points involved that it may be of interes
to other towns to know about. Expecting
soon to get the text of this decision
we shall be glad to give to tn,
public anything of interest in it, -
Moved by the severe and long-continueC
sickness in Rev. Alvaro Webster's famil,
of late, his friends gave him an added oc
casion for thanksgiving last week in thu
way of a barrel of flour, good Thanks
giving dinner for the family, etc. OF cours'
givers and receivers were blessed thereby
- The Congregatonalists are moving
to dislodge their choir from the old CALLER,
and place them henceforth in front of tn,
audience and at the left of the pulpit, w
hear the Methodists contemplate a simila
movement. - Rev. f. w. Hamblin tool
Thanksgiving day to give an audience a
the Congregational house reasons for be
lieving the present is great improvement
in many important respects on the past
His discourse abounded with many inter
esting facts concerning the last few cen
turtles in proof of his position the ultimat
object being to awaken thankfulness in tn
hearts of his hearers for the blessings of &c
day. - The Sunday afternoon service
at the w, u. Pratt school-house in tn
quarry district continue such "A success in tn
matter of attendance that nothing but bat
weather seems likely to interfere with then
for the coming season. - Work on tn
railroad goes forward as fast as practcabl
with the season and the changes that ar